False Proof—All Numbers are Describable in at Most Twenty Words

1 · Jeremy Kun · July 28, 2011, 4:03 p.m.
Summary
Problem: Show that every natural number can be unambiguously described in fewer than twenty words. “Solution”: Suppose to the contrary that not every natural number can be so described. Let $ S$ be the set of all natural numbers which are describable in fewer than twenty words. Consider $ R = \mathbb{N}-S$, the set of all words which cannot be described in fewer than twenty words. Since $ R$ is a subset of the natural numbers, which is well-ordered, it has a unique smallest element which we call...